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My understanding is that Compaq uses a special reserve sector on the hard
drive for their own custom diagnostic routines. Doing a low level format
may wipe it out. A regular format should not. How integrated these routines
are with the BIOS is a good question that you should answer before you
attempt a reformat.
-----Original Message-----
From: Randall Kurzon [mailto:rkurzon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: September 20, 2001 4:04 PM
To: Omega-list
Subject: Off Topic Compaq question
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to simply reformat the HD on a
Compaq Pavilion computer and then install a new OS (W2k)? I see the
Compaq logo at boot up so I didn't know if any special
consideration has to be given to the Compaq BIOS.
Regards,
Randall
rkurzon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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